PELOSI ORDERS MASKS BE WORN AFTER CONGRESSMAN TESTS POSITIVE FOR VIRUS
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will require that masks be worn on the House floor after Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus.
Pelosi said failure to wear a mask is a “serious breach of decorum” and members could be removed from the chamber if they aren’t wearing one. They will be able to temporarily remove them while speaking, however.
Gohmert, who often shunned wearing masks and was known to vote without one, tested positive just before he was scheduled to travel to his home state with President Donald Trump. He was forced to abruptly cancel his plans.
The 66-year-old Gohmert is at least the 10th member of Congress known to have tested positive for the coronavirus.